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Comedian shares funny and heartbreaking tweets from dying father's bedside

Laurie Kilmartin’s father is dying from lung cancer.

COMEDIAN LAURIE KILMARTIN’s father is dying of lung cancer.

The Conan O’Brien writer is regularly tweeting from his bedside in a hospice during his final days.

On 20 February Laurie’s Dad entered a hospice

20 February

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And for the past week she has been tweeting a stream of comments – both funny and heartbreaking – from his bedside.

22 February

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23 February

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25 February

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26 February

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Today

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You can follow Laurie Kilmartin’s tweets here>

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Emer McLysaght

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